{"id":4863,"date":"2018-10-09T10:30:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2018-10-09T10:30:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:30:54","slug":"gps-update-stats-i-webinar-descriptive-stats-graphics-u21-3mt-voting-new-innovation-challenge-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-4863","title":{"rendered":"GPS Update: Stats I Webinar \u2013 Descriptive Stats & Graphics + U21 3MT Voting + new Innovation Challenge and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"

U21 3MT competition.\u00a0 <\/b>UBC\u2019s 2018 3MT winner <\/span>Andrew Robertson<\/a><\/b>,<\/b> is in the International 3MT competition. To view this year\u2019s submissions, visit: <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5368<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Cast your vote for the People\u2019s Choice Prize by October 22!<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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U21\/PwC Innovation Challenge: <\/b>This new U21 competition challenges graduate students to respond to contemporary, globally-important work-related issues (set by PwC) via a short three-minute video. The overall winner will be awarded an expenses-paid trip to Dubai (7 days).\u00a0 For more info visit: <\/span>https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5370<\/a> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Registration is now open for: Statistics I WEBINAR: Data Exploration Through Descriptive Statistics and Graphics<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tue, Oct 16 | 10 AM \u2013 12 PM<\/span><\/p>\n

Event and registration details: <\/span>grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/16968-statistics-i-data-exploration-through-descriptive-statistics-graphics-webinar<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Spots still available for: Soft Skills for Hard Times: Working effectively across difference in and outside the academy (via Webinar)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fri, Oct 12 | 1:30 \u2013 3 PM <\/span><\/p>\n

Event and registration details: <\/span>grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/17044-soft-skills-hard-times-working-effectively-across-difference-outside-academy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Check out community.grad.ubc.ca for other opportunities including: <\/span><\/p>\n

Careers <\/span><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

How to prepare for Career Days Workshop on Oct 10, 11, 15, 16 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/calendar<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Free Professional Headshots<\/b> for your LinkedIn Profile on Oct 10 & 11 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/calendar<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Career Advising<\/b> for Grad Students, Oct 11 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/5132<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Employer on Campus: Garmin Cochrane<\/b>, Oct 11 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/5261<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Employer on Campus: CGGVeritas<\/b> (Physics, Applied Science, Applied Mathematics), Oct 16 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/5357<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Career Days 2018<\/b>, Oct 17, 18 |<\/span> <\/u>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5367<\/a> <\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Careers in Higher Education<\/b> (panel of UBC doctoral alumni), Oct 18 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5360<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Career Directions for Grad Students in Social Sciences & Humanities<\/b>, Oct 19 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5359<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Employment and Award Opportunities<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

Job Opportunity<\/span><\/span><\/b> for Indigenous Students with SAGE Provincial | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5347<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Simons Award for Student Research (Nuclear Disarmament & Global Security), apply by Oct 20 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5364<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

UBC Library Research Commons hiring Graduate Student Peer<\/b>, apply by Oct 23 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5349<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Apply to be a Liu Scholar<\/b> by Oct 30 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5363<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Academic Workshops<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

SPSS <\/b>Workshop: Environment, Data Entry, and One Variable Analysis, Oct 10 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/5302<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Citation Management Tools: RefWorks<\/b>, Oct 12 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/5169<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

GSS Academic Writing Bootcamp<\/b>, Oct 13 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5361<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

NCFDD Webinars: Healthy Conflict<\/b> (Oct 11) and Writing for a Broader Audience<\/b> (Oct 24) <\/span>https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5369<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Other Events<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

GSS Focus Group on Accessibility<\/b>, Oct 19 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5362<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Connections Caf\u00e9<\/span><\/span><\/b> for Mid-career, mature grad students, Oct 30 | <\/span>community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5342<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you,<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacqui.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacqui\u00a0Brinkman, <\/span><\/b>MSc<\/span>
\nDirector<\/span>,<\/span> Graduate Student Professional Development<\/span>
\nOffice of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
\nThe University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus |\u00a0 <\/span>Musqueam Traditional Territory<\/a><\/span>
\n170 \u2013 6371 Crescent Road\u00a0|\u00a0Vancouver BC\u00a0|\u00a0V6T 1Z2 Canada
\nPhone 604 827 4578 | Fax 604 822 5802
\njacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0@ubcgradschool<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U21 3MT competition.\u00a0 UBC\u2019s 2018 3MT winner Andrew Robertson, is in the International 3MT competition. To view this year\u2019s submissions, visit: community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/5368\u00a0 Cast your vote for the People\u2019s Choice Prize by October 22! \u00a0 U21\/PwC Innovation Challenge: This new U21 competition challenges graduate students to respond to contemporary, globally-important work-related issues (set by PwC) via…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4864,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863\/revisions\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}